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23.05.2025

07.07.2025

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Job Title: Independent Nuclear Assurance (Senior Inspector)

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintaining the delivery of independent inspection, surveillance and concurrence of nuclear work on facilities, plant, equipment and nuclear support services, on-board and on-site
• Evaluating the nuclear and radiological safety and security performance against the requirements of relevant legislation to assess the business’ level of compliance
• Supervised inspection and assessment to progress the submarine build and projects in the Site Redevelopment Programme to next stage through the ‘Hold Point Control’ process
• Communicating the conclusions of inspections and their findings to various stakeholders at all levels, including external regulators, board members, senior managers and business peers
• Supporting the independent assessment of the business’ emergency arrangements exercises and providing feedback to those developing and maintaining the arrangements
• Providing oversight and challenge to various safety and security committees and groups to ensure due process is being followed, and continuing nuclear safety is not compromised
• Developing and maintaining individual Assurance Plans aligned with key business projects and programmes
• Maintaining oversight of Independent Peer Review of safety documentation

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience or knowledge working in a Nuclear or Highly Regulated Environment or within a Quality or Safety related role
• Ability to evaluate and confront challenges within the team and provide influential solutions
• Self-motivated, organised and a methodical approach to work
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in auditing inspections
• Knowledge of nuclear site licence conditions/authorisation conditions from a similar role and/or security regulations
• Experience in Submarine build, testing and commissioning
• Degree or equivalent in STEM subject

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Our Independent Nuclear Assurance Team:

As an Independent Nuclear Assurance Inspector, you will be working as part of a group of regulatory inspectors reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager (Independent Nuclear Assurance). The Independent Nuclear Assurance team acts as the internal regulator for the Submarines business, forming an evidence-based independent view of the business’ nuclear and radiological safety and security performance.

Through delivery of a comprehensive inspection programme, the team develops the evidence to support its findings and conclusions and has the opportunity to influence change at every level of the business including, the safety of our boat delivery programmes. The team form part of the Nuclear Safety and Regulation Department within the Nuclear Safety and Security Directorate.

One of the main attractions of this role is the opportunity to work with all areas of the business. With the diversity of this role, you can be one day carrying out an on-board boat or facility inspection and the next interviewing a director in relation to a specific business requirement. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.